Moldovan president's New Year message
The entire political class must listen to your will, so that we get to normal, switch to an authentic democracy, in which the nation is sovereign and its wish - holy.
The entire political class must listen to your will, so that we get to normal, switch to an authentic democracy, in which the nation is sovereign and its wish - holy.
Under the Constitution, the candidate nominated for the prime minister post has at his/her disposal 15 days to ask for a vote of confidence in parliament on the action programme and the entire list of the cabinet.
The European diplomats voiced support for the president's stance, stressing that they personally backed Nicolae Timofti in his effort to promote European practices.
President Timofti held a meeting with the leaders of the Democratic Party (PDM) on 14 December, who tried to convince him to nominate the former PDM leader, Vladimir Plahotniuc, for the position of prime minister.
President Nicolae Timofti concluded his visit to Turkmenistan on 12 December. He participated in an international conference on neutrality policy: international cooperation for peace, security and development.
In Ashgabat, the head of state will have bilateral meetings with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko.
The president expressed concern about the cuts, especially, as regards amending the budget in energy sector.